i just found that my clutch is no good on my fan so wondering what options i have and what all of you are running on your riggs.
any one running a flex fan
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The water would be a problem here. The water just slows down the fan or gets inside the workings?
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hey so you know i have a new rad already and only gets hot when i am in traffic.
check out the one link I gave you..........it shows you how to work on your clutch fan
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i did see a post on an electric fan just for toyotas might have to do that. i never have liked clutch fans.
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i did but i just went out and looked close at mine, i just cleaned it when i did all that work and it has oiley s*** alover it i do hav a couple spare fans i will try one of those too.
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i know when the rad went bad on it i had 4 or 5 here and they all were shot thats why i bought the new one.
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hey chris nice sig line you got there. that must be one sick redneck
Thats what I was afraid of. I was also intrested.
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hey all i was out searching clutch fans on the web and autozone sells the clutch for 49.00 or so. i am sure there are others that have it will check napa tomorrow.
I have the same clutch fan on my rig now from Autocrap
You can get new viscous fluid (the oily chit that's all over your fan clutch) from Toyota for ~$25. Takes about 20 mins or so to replace the goop in the clutch. I run 2 10" electric fans on a PAC-2700 , but highway driving only. Not sure how they perform in water. Perhaps remove the drive-belt before water crossing?
I'd like to try whatever electric fans the H1's get from the factory. I forgot the manufacturer that they use for the supplemental electric fans the military uses now (Flex-a-Lite?). The factory ones obviously needed more airflow in the field. Whatever electric H1 fan is factory issued must be pretty resistant to water, they go crazy deep.
I might try rigging up a old ford metal fan (4 blade) . I will let ya know how it goes...........my junk is getting worked on anyway. Besides I have 4 laying here I might as well give it a wirl
as long as the connections are sealed, it should be fine...
It's not like the water is exerting any pressure at the depths a H1 can go. Any fan should be fine.
I'd just wire in a toggle so I could manually turn it off for water crossings.
As far as for a Toyota, Flex-a-Lite, AFAIK has the highest CFM at the lowest draw I've seen...
And x2 on the water hitting the blades...I learned that way back when watching swamp buggy's on TNN. They'd hit the water so fast, and so hard it would grab the blades and pull'em straight into the rad...
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Aside from the MarkVIII or Taurus options a couple of friends swear by a Spal and their electric controller with an override switch to turn it off for crossings.SPAL USA
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